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Minor Threat, “Filler”

The first Minor Threat song ever released, and the birth of harDCore. From the very beginning, Minor Threat was absolutely killing it. And, as a bonus, this is still one of the very best rock band names ever.

Skinnerbox, “Help Me”

This song comes from Special Wild 1989-1994, a compilation pulling together non-album tracks from the band. There are really a couple different ways comps can go. Some bands just put out their best material all over the place, and the comps become essential for pulling all that stuff together instead of trying to piece things together from the singles and EPs (the Belle & Sebastian/Superchunk route). Others clearly save their best material for the albums, and the comps then are something of an afterthought and spotty. Skinnerbox, alas, falls in this second comp. This is a record only for the serious fan.

I’ve been rumbled! If you look at my YouTube profile, you can often see the playlists for upcoming days, because I’ll write some of these ahead of time. It’s the only way to make sure I reliably have stuff on the weekend, for instance. I figure, hey, it’s not like these things are timely. WHAT ABOUT THAT CURRENT EVENT I TOTALLY KNOW ABOUT, HUH?

Oh, right, music.

Run the Jewels, “MEOWRLY (BOOTS Remix)”

Run the Jewels are, after Kendrick Lamar, my favorite rap artists working today. All three of their proper albums (and, in fact, Killer Mike’s R.A.P. Music which was more or less Run the Jewels 0) are amazing. Meow the Jewels is not, however, on that list of proper albums.